MINUTE BOOK No. 17, CITY OF OXFORD

IIPSl'IS4K-TOM L. KETCHINGS co., NATCHEZMINUTE BOOK No. 17, CITY OF OXFORDSTATE OF MISSISSI?PIDEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEJoe T. PattersonAttorney GeneralLester C. FranklinMatthew Harper, Jr.Dugas ShandsAsst. Attorneys GeneralJackson 5November 29, 1957J. R. GriffinMartin R. McLendonJohn H. Price, Jr.vJade H. CreekmoreG. Garland Lyell, Jr.Asst. Attorneys GeneralHonorable Bramlett RobertsAttorney for City of OxforjOxford, MississippiDear Mr. Roberts:This is in reply to yours of November 25, 1957, whereinyou advise that the City of Oxford has a ?ark Commissionfor the support of which no special tax levy has been made.You advise that the budget for this fiscal year has been approvedas provided by statute. Your letter then asked:1I1.'iould the Mayor and Board of Aldermen have theauthority to amend its budget and allocate out ofthe General Corporate Funds any money for the ParkCormnission and recreational expenses? IISection 3374-159, Mississippi Code of 1942, Recompiled,authorizes municipalities to appropriate funds of the municipalityto support the Park Commission. This appropriationis directed solely to the dis creation of the governing authoritiesof the municipality involved.Section 9121-14, Mississippi Code of 1942, Recompiled,authorizes amendments to the municipal budget upon thehappening of several contingencief;. It appears to me thatyour situation is covered and authorized by the last paragraphof that section if your Board finds the affirmative matternecessary for the application of this portion of the statute.Trusting that the above is helpful to you and withpersonal regards, I amSincerely yours,JOE T. PATTERSON, ATTORNEY GENE1ALBY/s/ Martin R. McLendonAssistant Attorney Gener~lMRMcL/mfdIt appearing to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen from the above letter from the AttorneyGeneral of the state of Mississippi, that it has authority to appropriate funds for the ParkCommission for its program and for recreational purposes, and it further affirmatively appearingto said Mayor and Board of Aldermen that anticipated revenues from the parking meters of theCity of Oxford and fines derived therefrom, as well as revenues from other sources, will exceedthe estimates contained in the Budget of the City of Oxford heretofore adopted,On moticn made by Alderman Lovelady and seconded by Alderman Belk, IT 1;J.4.S ij1\TATIJII10USLYORDE~D that the sum of Twenty Five Hundred and No/IOO ($2,500.00) Dollars be appropriated outof the General Corporate Funds to the Park Commission of the City of Oxford for its use and forrecreational purposes, and that the Budget of the City of Oxford be appropriately revised andbe spread in detail upon the Minutes of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford,Mississippi.\.